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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2003-7

The Commission will hold a public hearing commencing on 29 September 2003 at 9:00 a.m., at the Commission Headquarters, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec, to consider the following applications. The intervention deadline is 4 September 2003.

Application by MARGARET AND PAUL WEIGEL, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated (OBCI), for a licence to operate a religious specialty audio programming service which would be available for national distribution by broadcast distribution undertakings.

The new service would provide news, information and music programming of interest to Christian youth community in Canada.

The applicant is proposing to air 15% spoken word and 85% music programming per week.

Application by ST-JOSEPH CORPORATION, on behalf of Tom Weber, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated (OBCI), to acquire the assets of the Category 2 digital specialty service Inner Peace Television Network (Inner Peace).

The applicant is also requesting a licence to continue the operation of the undertaking, upon surrender of the current licence issued to Inner Peace Television Network Inc. (Inner Peace Television).

The Commission notes that Inner Peace Television was licensed in November 2001 in Decision CRTC 2001-687, to operate an ethnic Category 2 digital specialty television service devoted to providing religious programming from the single point-of-view of the Roman Catholic faith.

The Commission notes that the licensee is authorized for distribution only at the specific request of the subscriber. Distributors are not permitted to package Inner Peace in such a way that subscribers are obligated to purchase it in order to purchase any other programming service. As set out in Public Notice CRTC 2001-90, Inner Peace may be offered on a "stand-alone" digital discretionary basis. It may also be offered in a package with other Canadian single or limited point of view religious services or with non-Canadian religious satellite services. Distributors are not permitted to offer services such as Inner Peace in packages with any other type of Canadian or non-Canadian programming service.

The Inner Peace service launched on 17 July 2002.

Considering the short time since licensing and, with the objective of preserving the integrity of its licensing process, the Commission will carefully examine the circumstances surrounding the proposed transaction.

Application by COGECO DIFFUSION INC. to acquire the assets of the new FM radio station in Québec.

This application is part of an intracorporate reorganization through which Cogeco Radio-Télévision inc. wishes to transfer to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cogeco Diffusion inc., the authority that it received in Decision CRTC 2002-191, as well as the assets of the above-noted station.

Application by CHARLES MCPHERSON, on behalf of a non-profit corporation to be incorporated (OBCI), to be known as Couchiching Community Radio, for a licence to operate an English-language FM native Type Bradio station in Fort Frances to serve the Couchiching First Nation community.

The new station would operate on frequency 92.3 MHz (channel 222LP) with an effective radiated power of 50 watts.

The applicant expects to broadcast a minimum of 126 hours of station-produced programming during each broadcast week including a minimum of 7 hours in the Ojibwa language. Programming will include live broadcasting of community events and local hockey games.

The Commission notes that the Saugeen Group is currently under a temporary management authority with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc. (PWC) as it declared bankruptcy earlier this year.

The applicant is also requesting approval of the proposed Management Agreement between Persona and PWC enabling Persona to temporarily manage the business of the Saugeen Group until the asset purchase transaction is concluded between Persona and PWC. This request will be treated administratively by the Commission prior to the commencement of the hearing.

Application by THE HALIBURTON BROADCASTING GROUP INC. to acquire the assets of the radio programming undertakings CJWL-FM Iroquois Falls and CHPB-FM Cochrane.

The applicant is also requesting licences to continue the operation of the undertakings, upon surrender of the current licences issued to Tri-Tel Communications Inc. (Tri-Tel).

The Commission notes that the undertakings are being sold within a short time after they were originally licensed. Both stations are in their first licence terms. Moreover, the authority for the new station, CHPB-FM, was granted to Tri-Tel on 3 March 2003 (Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-84).

In this context, and, with the objective of preserving the integrity of its licensing process, the Commission will carefully examine the circumstances surrounding the proposed transaction.

Application by SOUTHSHORE BROADCASTING INC. for a licence to operate a low power, primarily English-languagetelevision station at Leamington.

The new-station would operate on UHF channel 34 with a transmitter power of 400 watts.

The applicant intends to broadcast programming that would include daily newscasts, local sporting events, town council meetings, educational programs for viewers of all ages, instructional, human interest stories, tourism and multi-cultural programs to reflect the diverse mix of nationalities within the area. Programming would be primarily in the English language with approximately seven hours in French, German, Mennonite, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Lebanese languages.

The applicant proposes to broadcast 42.5 hours of programming per week.

The Commission will only proceed with this application at the public hearing if advised by the Department of Industry, at least ten days prior to the hearing, that it is technically acceptable.

Application by TRAFALGAR BROADCASTING LIMITED, as part of a corporate reorganization, to acquire the assets of radio station CJYE and its transitional digital radio undertaking CJYE-DR-2 serving Oakville.

The applicant is also requesting new licences to continue the operation of these undertakings, upon surrender of the current licences issued toWhiteoaks Communications Group Limited.

Application by the LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION, on behalf of a non-profit corporation to be incorporated as LU CAMPUS RADIO, for a licence to operate an English-language FM developmental community-based campus radio station in Thunder Bay.

The new station would operate on frequency 90.3 MHz (channel 212VLP) with an effective radiated power of 5 watts.

The Commission will only proceed with this application at the public hearing if advised by the Department of Industry, at least ten days prior to the hearing, that it is technically acceptable.

Application by FAIRCHILD RADIO GROUP LTD. for a licence to carry on a transitional digital radio undertaking associated with its existing AM station CHKT Toronto.

The new undertaking would operate on frequency 1454.56 MHz (channel 2) with an effective isotropic radiated power of 5,084 watts from a transmitter on the CN Tower.

The applicant proposes initially to simulcast in its entirety the current programming service of CHKT and subsequently, to provide as many as 14 hours per week of new programming involving news and talk-shows in the Chinese languages.

The Commission will only proceed with this application at the public hearing if advised by the Department of Industry, at least ten days prior to the hearing, that it is technically acceptable.

Application by THE KAMLOOPS CAMPUS/COMMUNITY RADIO SOCIETY for a licence to operate an English-language FM community-based campusradio station in Kamloops.

The new station would operate on frequency 92.5 MHz (channel 223VLP) with an effective radiated power of 4.9 watts.

In New developmental campus radio station, Decision CRTC 2001-76 dated 16 February 2001,the Commission approved an application by The Kamloops Campus/Community Radio Society to operate a new developmental campus radio station in Kamloops (CFBX-FM). The licence for CFBX-FM expires 31 August 2003.

In Campus radio policy, Public Notice CRTC 2000-12, 28 January 2000, the Commission noted that developmental campus stations will generally be licensed for three years. At the end of this term, licensees will be expected to have filed an application with the Commission for a regular campus radio station or to cease operations. The licensee has filed an application for a regular campus radio licence as a result of this.

The licensee is proposing to operate the station under the same technical parameters of the current FM campus developmental radio licence.

Applicant's address:

The University College of the Cariboo 900 McGill Road, House 8
Kamloops, British Columbia
V2C 5N3
Fax: (250) 372-5055
E-Mail: radio@cariboo.bc.ca

Examination of application:

At the applicant's address

[ Intervention Form]

17.

Sechelt, British Columbia
Application No. 2003-0335-5 (e)

Application by SUNSHINE COAST RADIO SOCIETY for a licence to operate a specialty audio programming service which would be available for distribution in the Sechelt region by broadcast distribution undertakings.

The new service would provide news, information and music programming of interest to the Sechelt community.

The intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant ON OR BEFORE the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays.

The intervention must include one of the following statements in either the FIRST or the LAST paragraph:

1 - I want to appear at the public hearing
2 - I do not want to appear at the public hearing
3 - I will appear at the public hearing if requested by the Commission.

Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions.

Submit your written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission in ONLY ONE of the following formats:

by using the form [ Intervention Form]

OR

by electronic mail to procedure@crtc.gc.ca

OR

by mail at CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2

OR

by fax to the Secretary General - (819) 994-0218

A true copy MUST be sent to the applicant and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission.

Where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission.

Please note that only the documents (applications and interventions) electronically filed will be available on the Commission's web site. You will be able to access these documents by indicating the public notice or the notice of public hearing number.

Each paragraph of the document should be numbered.

Your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for your proposal.

In the event that the application is brought to the oral phase of the hearing, and if you wish to appear, you must provide reasons why your written comments are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary.

In exceptional circumstances, the Commission may allow an intervenor to present its intervention by teleconference. At the time of filing its intervention, the intervenor must clearly indicate why the Commission should grant such a request.

Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS

Documents are available at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications or, upon request, within 48 hours, at any other CRTC offices and documentation centres.